Material World

A deep dive into one material, one fabricator, one episode at a time.

10 Episodes

Episode 3

Recycled Glass Terrazzo

The small factory grinding bottle glass into floors, and the colour they cannot get rid of.

Hosted by Kenji Arakawa3 Mins

Episode 2

A plasterer on a finish that breathes, why it fell out of use, and why it is coming back.

Hosted by Kenji Arakawa3 Mins

Episode 1

One fabricator, one material: a cork producer on why the bark comes off every nine years and what happens to the tree.

Hosted by Kenji Arakawa3 Mins

The decisions nobody sees, told by the people who made them.

19 Episodes

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Short dispatches recorded live from studio visits and site walks.

10 Episodes

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Studio founders answer the questions younger designers are afraid to ask.

10 Episodes

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